Special Education Teacher

Job description

Description A major portion of the special education teacher’s time should be spent in the regular education classroom. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following and are specific areas of support in the regular classroom: Other duties may be assigned. - Provide direct services to special education students that are supportive of the general education teacher. - Provide consultation and assistance to general education teachers for planning, making adaptations and accommodations for special education students. - Team teach with general education teachers who have special education students that require direct special education teacher instruction in the following instructional areas: language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. - Assist general education teacher in providing supervision to volunteers and teacher aides who assist teachers in making curriculum modifications, adapting assignments and providing individualized support to special education students. - Assist teachers and the school social worker in developing and implementing behavior intervention plans for students on his/her caseload. - Consult with general education teachers in assigning gra...